Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto (Japanese: 川本 トクエ,[1] September 17, 1933 – January 22, 2017), also known by her married name as Evelyn Konno, was an American competition swimmer, and American record holder, who won bronze medals in the 400-meter individual freestyle and the 4x100-meter freestyle relay events at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

[2] Growing up in Honolulu's McCulley area, Kawamoto trained and competed for the outstanding swim team at Honolulu's McKinley High School, which had also been the training ground for 1952 Olympic gold medalist Bill Woolsey and future husband and fellow 1952 Olympian Ford Konno.

[6] In the late 1940s and early 1950s Kawamoto trained and competed with the Hawaii Swim Club, a highly competitive age group team in Honolulu managed by Hall of Fame Coach Soichi Sakamoto.

[7] In late August 1949, she helped lead the Hawaii Swim Club to the National AAU Team championship in San Antonio, Texas.

Another future female Olympian, Thelma Kalama swam with Kawamoto on the Hawaii Swim Club, and Catherine Klienschmidt was a third outstanding team member who won the half mile freestyle event.

[3] The Hawaii swim team also won the 1950 National AAU Championships held in High Point, North Carolina, with Kawamoto excelling in the 200-meter breaststroke, a signature event, where she set a meet record time of 3:10.2, finishing in a tie with Marge Hulton of Portland though she did not match her prior record American time.

The marriage was a double wedding with Canadian swimmer Gerald McNamee, who had been a teammate of Ford Konno at Ohio State.

[22] Ford Konno had attended McKinley High with Evelyn, and had been a teammate for the U.S. team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he won two golds and a silver medal.

[17] Around 1963 at age 30, despite her own family responsibilities and the time she spent working with her husband's business, Kawamoto returned to the University of Hawaii to earn a degree in education.

After graduating, she would later work as an elementary school teacher in Honolulu County's Kaneohe, and later Wailupe, before her retirement from teaching.